Gemma Alexandra Pointe is not a fitting name for a warrior, a vigilante, or a mystic. One would never hear the name and assume it belongs to a powerful person, like an influential politician or religious leader. And it certainly doesn’t sound like the name of a “supernatural”—an angel, a mermaid, or a fairy godmother.

But that’s what I am: a supernatural.

In the first of Karen Seymour’s epic Pactem Orbis Legends, there are no heroes or saviors. There is only Gemma, an introspective college student, and the new reality she’s forced to face when a mysterious, green-eyed stranger shares a secret:

She’s an Essen, like him. Descended from elementals, and soon-to-be gifted—on her twenty-first birthday—with superpowers.

But Malakai Zonn also believes she’s “the Link,” prophesized to possess a weapon powerful enough to destroy the Essen’s mortal enemies, spirit-beings known as the Dothen.

Reluctant to participate in a supernatural war and desperate to preserve the life she knows, Gemma must choose: normal or supernatural, safety or greatness, love or duty. Her choices are as complicated as they are permanent, and in order to thwart evil, the secrets of the past—and Gemma’s true purpose—must be unearthed.

Former lawman Mex Anderson is trying to cope with the horrific murders of his family as best he can. Moving from his small, Mexican town to the snowy mountains of Colorado has helped, however it seems nothing can ever take away the gut-wrenching pain of his loss. When the head of the drug cartel responsible for the killings approaches him with an offer that would reveal the individuals behind the murders, it might lead to the one thing that would allow Mex to heal: revenge.

The Sacrifice: a novel of guilt and redemption that proves there is always hope for tomorrow even in the midst of unconscionable evil.

Mendel (Manny) Steinberg spent his teens in Nazi extermination camps in Germany and Poland, miraculously surviving while millions perished. This is his story.

Born in 1925 in the Jewish ghetto in Radom (Poland), Manny soon realized that people of Jewish faith were increasingly being regarded as outsiders. In September 1939 the Nazis invaded, and the nightmare started. The city’s Jewish population had no chance of escaping and was faced with starvation, torture, sexual abuse and ultimately deportation.

Outcry is the candid and moving account of a teenager who survived four Nazi camps: Dachau, Auschwitz, Vaihingen and Neckagerach. While being subjected to torture and degradation, he agonized over two haunting questions: “Why the Jews?” and “How can the world let this happen?” These questions remain hard to answer.

Manny’s brother Stanley had jumped off the cattle wagon on the way to the extermination camp where his mother and younger brother were to perish. Desperately lonely and hungry, Stanley stood outside the compound hoping to catch a glimpse of Manny and their father. Once he discovered that they were among the prisoners, he turned himself in. The days were marked by hunger, cold, hard labor, and fear. Knowing that other members of the family were in the same camp kept them alive. Since acknowledging each other would have meant death, they pretended to be complete strangers.

Manny relates how he was served human flesh and was forced to shave the heads of female corpses and pull out their teeth. Cherishing a picture of his beloved mother in his wooden shoe, he miraculously survived the terror of the Polish and German concentration camps together with his father and brother.

What would you do if your blood could cure cancer? 18-year-old Nicolette Talloway is the target of a worldwide manhunt because of her blood type. When delivered via transfusion, her blood heals any ailment a human has and strengthens their immune system. The cure for cancer, HIV/AIDS, and other previously incurable diseases is running through her veins. Her blood is the only type of its own known to exist. As a result, Nicolette is no longer a private citizen but is the world’s most wanted and sought-after human being. As she runs from government appointed agents, the question begins to shift from what her blood can do to why she has it. Is this a gift from God? And if it is, what does he want her to do with it?

Please note there is occasional cursing, violence, and references to spirituality within this work of fiction. Reader discretion is advised.

**While the story has been continued, this book can be read as a standalone.**

Sally can’t wait for her birthday, especially all of the presents she will receive from her friends and family. But when a friend gets sad at the party, Sally discovers what’s really important about the gifts she receives from others.